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Channel 19
Reader: Repeal FLSA trucking exemption
The following comes by way of owner-operator Joe Ammons, who is looking for assistance with a petition for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (or Congress) to repeal the trucking exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which among other things specifies the 40-hour workweek and 8-hour day for employees of companies in other industries â [âŚ]
July 24, 2012
Channel 19
Speaking urinal cakes: Next step in hours enforcement?
Is it fair to call the Department of Transportationâs approach to hours enforcement a bit heavy-handed of late, what with FMCSAâs (not to mention Congressâ) pursuit of an EOBR mandate, flexibility-reducing hours changes and the like? Hereâs hoping they donât resort to the tactics some Michigan establishments, at the behest of the State Police, deployed [âŚ]
July 15, 2012
Channel 19
Landry questions White House integrity on EOBRs
In a hearing before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week whose title was a markedly direct question â âIs FMCSAâs CSA program driving small businesses off the road?â â Republican Rep. Jeff Landry of Louisiana took the opportunity during questioning of FMCSA Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott to question [âŚ]
July 13, 2012
Business
Irregular ratings: CSA snafus
Accident blame, violation weighting and regional differences continue to plague CSA. No fix appears to be on the horizon.
July 2, 2012
Business
FMCSA shuts down Tennessee carrier for multiple violations
The agency said it found multiple federal violations in hours-of-service compliance, driver qualification requirements, drug and alcohol testing and vehicle maintenance.
July 2, 2012
Channel 19
10 benefits of EOBRs
In the wake of the EOBR mandateâs inclusion in the 2012 MAP-21 highway bill, this round-up comes by way of the people at Xata Turnpike, makers of the RouteTracker EOBR.
June 30, 2012
Channel 19
10 problems with EOBRs
These problems are among many noted by frequent Overdrive commenter E.F. McHenry as Congress considered an EOBR mandate ultimately included in the MAP-21 highway bill.
June 29, 2012
Channel 19
EOBRs reportedly dropped, then back in highway bill
According to this report from Fox News, citing confidential sources knowledgeable of ongoing Senate/House conference committee work on final highway bill language, a deal has been reached that includes removal of the mandate for interstate carriers to use EOBRs for hours-of-service compliance. Hereâs the language in the Fox report: âAt the insistence of House Republicans, [âŚ]
June 27, 2012
Business
Hours-of-service court case moves forward
The newest court challenge to FMCSAâs hours-of-service rulemaking is scheduled on the U.S. Court of Appealâs schedule.
June 25, 2012
Channel 19
Heads-up: Senate EOBR mandate gets a push
The mandate for interstate carriers in the United States to use electronic onboard recorders for hours of service tracking that is in the Senateâs two-year highway bill proposal â S. 1813, currently in conference with a House six-month temporary reauthorization and experiencing no shortage of debate â got a little push from a few big players [âŚ]
June 12, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Defining âgobbledygookâ with driver Sandy Long
Missouri-based Weston Transportation driver Sandy Long, blogging here, this morning laid down a primer for owner-operators and drivers on the term gobbledygook, defined by Westerâs as âwordy and generally unintelligible jargon.â She found some examples of it in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs postponed proposal (from last year) to mandate electronic onboard recorders for [âŚ]
June 11, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operators back in the news on EOBRs
The latest is following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs formal removal of the remedial-directive rule, which would have required carriers with big hours compliance problems to install electronic onboard recorders. After being thrown out by the court last year, FMCSAâs finally removed it from the regs. A feature in the Bismarck, N.D., Tribune newspaper [âŚ]
May 14, 2012
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